Imago Press

Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, Vol. 5 No. 3

Kroker, Arthur, editor · 1981

CA$15.00 (€9.54 | $10.52 | £7.96 | ¥1,679)

Momtreal, C.J.P.S.T, 1981. Perfect binding, 121 pp. 6"-9". Good. Front cover, its inside and first page have Octavio Paz' poem, “Homage to D.A.F. De Sade” printed red on white followed by D. Cook's 'Sade as Truth-Sayer of Liberalism'. Worn, but binding tight, text clean.

Bread and Water

Knowles, Alison · 1995

CA$26.00 (€16.54 | $18.23 | £13.80 | ¥2,910)

Tarrytown NY, Left Hand Books, 1995. Perfect binding, 72 pp. 6"-10.5". Fine. Fluxus Artist, Knowles matching the cracks in homemade bread as it's cooling to rivers in an atlas. She then applies that pattern as a template to given source texts to follow their words into poetry....

The Stone Hammer Poems

Kroetsch, Robert · 1976

CA$18.00 (€11.45 | $12.62 | £9.55 | ¥2,015)

Lantzville BC, Oolichan Books, 1976. Perfect binding, 64 pp. 6"-9". fine. Infallible focus to these taut narratives. Nicked top corner to wraparound matte jacket.

A Shuttle in the Crypt

Soyinka, Wole · 1986

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London, Rex Collings, 1986. Perfect binding, 89 pp. 5"-7.75". Mint. Poems mostly written during his prison confinement in the late 60's. Won Nobel Prize in 1986. Co-published with Methuen.

Elements of Poetry

Scholes, Robert · 1969

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New York, Oxford University Press, 1969. Staplebound, 86 pp. 4.5"-6.5". Fiine. Handy little primer of what goes into the poetry reading experience. Peppermint lines on royal blue paper covers with white titles. Wear and schmutz have accrued to back but stapled binding is as new.

The Secret Record: Modern Erotic Literature

Perkins, Michael · 1992

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New York, Rhinoceros Books, 1992. Perfect binding, 281 pp. 4.25"-6.75". Fine. Both a survey and a discourse versus censorship that is yet a pleasure to read for the author's own cadences and prose style. William Morrows first published the hardcover ed. In 1976. Green, white a...

Silence All Round Marked

Messerli, Douglas · 1991

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Los Angeles, Corner Books, 1991. Stalebound, 34 pp. 5"-7.5". Fine. Funny play by the publisher of Sun & Moon Press. There's a laughter quotient to every line and exchange of words. L = A Poetry heavy on the levity. Enigmatic tables and trees illustration on glossy white paper ...

The Poem Itself

Burnshaw, Stanley, editor · 1967

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New York, Schocken Books, 1967. Perfect binding, 338 pp. 5.25"-8". Good. 150 poems from French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish given literal cribs and explanations by the editor. 45 poets, not all symboliste but certainly all of them put the poem ahead of the poet.

Hyperion

Holderlin, Friedrich; Ross Benjamin, translator · 2008

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Brooklyn, archipelago books, 2008. Perfect binding, 236 pp. 5.5"-6.5". As New. Translation of Holderlin's sublimely cadenced epistolary novel of discovery, personal love (lost) and engagement (with war). Greek vase detail reproduced on a red-rose folded-in card cover.

The Slide Rule

Snodgrass, Burns · 1955

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London, The English Universities Press, 1955. Sewn boards, 208 pp. 4.5"-7". Fiine. In the 'Teach Yourself Books' series. Still firmly bound and jacketed in black and yellow, this copy from the second printing of 1960.

Contes cruels

L'Isle-Adam, Villiers de · 1995

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Paris, Bookking International, 1995. Perfect binding, 286 pp. 4.25"-7". Fine. Major work of fiction by Mallarme's best friend, toute en francaise. Ink marking on red back cover, otherwise as new. Ryder's painting, 'Le cheval et la mort' strides over the front cover.

Fables

La Fontaine, Grandville, illustrator · 1996

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Paris, EDDL, 1996. Perfect binding, 448 pp. 4.25"-7". Good. "Texte Integral" -the complete original fables in French accompanied by the miniature dessins of their master. Previous owner has stapled wraparound cellowphane to the back cover. Bold type throughout.

Buddhist Logic, Volume Two

Stcherbatsky, F. Th. · 1962

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New York, Dover Publications, 1962. Perfect binding, 465 pp. 5.5"-8.5". Good. Unabridged and corrected edition of a work first published by The Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. In 1930. Begins with “A Short Trteatise of Logic” by Dharmakirti, commentary by Dharmottara.

Forms of Distance

Dao, Bei; David Hinton, translator · 1994

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New York, New Directions, 1994. Clothbound, 87 pp. 5.5"-8.25". As New. Bilingual Chinese and English texts on facing pages. Clarity of traditional Chinese verse applied to the dissonance of our postmodern condition. Clean jacket and all as new.

The Harbingers

Barbour, Douglas · 1984

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Kinsgston ON, The Quarry Press, 1984. Staplebound, 24 pp. 5.5"-8.5". Mint. Chapbook of deftly discontinuous associations, lyrical in their foundation. Dark blue print on simple paper cards spotless.

Canti

Leopardi, Giacomo · 1957

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Roma, Mondadori, 1957. Sewn boards, 212 pp. 4"-7.25". Good. Biblioteca Moderna edition in yellow boards glued over text. Notes and prefaces, also in Italian, by Francesco Flora.

Cahiers III

Weil Simone · 1974

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Paris, Plon, 1974. Perfect binding, 296 pp. 5"-8". Good. The third volume of Plon's collection of Weil's notebooks comprises the end of her notebook #8 as well as 9, 10 and 11 complete, concluding her “cahiers Marseilles” Toute en francaise. Lift to laminated cover, text clear.

The Shrouding

Kennedy, Leo · 1973

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Ottawa, Golden Dog Press, 1973. Perfect binding, 59 pp. 5.25"-8". Fine. 1920's Canadain poet of the formal lyric showing signs of breaking from that tradition. First published in 1933. Author profile on white front cover.

Panorama of Czech Fine Arts

Union of Czech Artists, Jaroslava Pecharova, chairman · 1986

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Prague, Panorama Publishing House, 1986. Perfect binding, 160 pp. 8"-9.5". Fine. Articles on Czech painting, graphic art, monumental art, industrial design, illustrated books and a piece by the chairman, “Belief in Life and Peace”. All copiously illustrated in colour and in b ...

Separate Objects

Barone, Dennis · 1998

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Tarrytown NY, Left Hand Books, 1998. Perfect binding, 84 pp. 5.5"-8.75". Fiine. Connects from the architect, Robert Venturi's statement, “The familiar that is a little off has a strange and revealing power.”” Trackings IV” by Marilyn Stablein reproduced on the white papercard ...